Action of 12–17 January 1640
The action of 12–17 January 1640 was a naval battle between a Dutch fleet and a combined Spanish-Portuguese fleet during the Eighty Years' War. The battle took place on the Brazilian coast off Pernambuco and was an attempt by a fleet consisting of approximately eighty vessels transporting about 5,000 soldiers under the command of Portuguese Admiral Fernando de Mascarenhas to land reinforcements to bolster the Portuguese militia besieging the city of Recife. On 12 January this fleet was intercepted by a Dutch task force of about forty ships commanded by . The ensuing battle lasted with occasional breaks until the evening of 17 January, when the Spanish and Portuguese fleet retreated and sailed away to the north.
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Action of 12–17 January 1640
The action of 12–17 January 1640 was a naval battle between a Dutch fleet and a combined Spanish-Portuguese fleet during the Eighty Years' War. The battle took place on the Brazilian coast off Pernambuco and was an attempt by a fleet consisting of approximately eighty vessels transporting about 5,000 soldiers under the command of Portuguese Admiral Fernando de Mascarenhas to land reinforcements to bolster the Portuguese militia besieging the city of Recife. On 12 January this fleet was intercepted by a Dutch task force of about forty ships commanded by . The ensuing battle lasted with occasional breaks until the evening of 17 January, when the Spanish and Portuguese fleet retreated and sailed away to the north.
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De Slag bij Pernambuco was een ...... tussen 12 en 17 januari 1640.
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L'azione del 12-17 gennaio 164 ...... decisero di ritirarsi a nord.
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The action of 12–17 January 16 ...... and sailed away to the north.
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2 vessels lost
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1640-01-17
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Tactically Inconclusive
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10 small vessels
13 small vessels
30 galleons
30 warships and supply ships
34 armed transports
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Iberian Union:
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Willem Loos
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the Eighty Years' War, Dutch–Portuguese War
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Itamaracá, off Pernambuco, Brazil
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Tactically Inconclusive
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De Slag bij Pernambuco was een ...... tussen 12 en 17 januari 1640.
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L'azione del 12-17 gennaio 164 ...... decisero di ritirarsi a nord.
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The action of 12–17 January 16 ...... and sailed away to the north.
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Action of 12–17 January 1640
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Azione del 12-17 gennaio 1640
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Slag bij Pernambuco
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Action of 12–17 January 1640
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